Hillsong 2015: »Open Heaven / River Wild »:

OPEN HEAVEN / River Wild is the 24 Live worship CD from Hillsong. Recorded at their conference in Sydney Australia, this deluxe edition features the full CD and a DVD featuring all 12 tracks plus 4 bonus songs that will enable you to experience the live worship atmosphere first hand.

Hillsong have provided a little background to where the unusual title of this album came from; » There is something special about understanding that when we encounter Christ, we live under an Open Heaven. What should our response be? If we are immersed in His mercy, then His Living Water can run wild through us. This is the premise of this album. Our posture, our response to His compassion and grace. With songs such as the title track, Open Heaven (River Wild), O Praise The Name (Anastasis), Transfiguration, One Thing and Love On The Line. We pray this album will impact individuals in both corporate and personal worship times. » Hillsong Worship.

Open Heaven River Wild CD/DVD by Hillsong was published by Hillsong in October 2015

Album: Matt Redman: « Unbroken Praise » (2015):

Unbroken Praise is the twelfth worship album from Matt Redman. Recorded live at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, with an audience of 300 worship leaders, it features tracks co-written with other UK and international songwriters.

Matt Redman is one of the world’s leading worship songwriters, whose songs are sung each week in thousands of churches worldwide. His intimate, accessible and relevant songs have been inspiring praise since he began leading worship at Soul Survivor at the age of 15, under the leadership of Mike Pilavachi.

On Unbroken Praise, as with his previous albums, he has written a collection of songs which communicate God’s timeless truth, and are musically fresh and engaging.

Abbey Road, ‘the most famous recording studio in the world’, has been host to some of music’s biggest names, like Pink Floyd, Ella Fitzgerald and, of course, The Beatles. On Unbroken Praise, Matt Redman and his band have transformed the studios to capture the spirit of a live worship experience.

The cover art echoes the famous Abbey Road sign, and features signatures from everyone who made the album possible: songwriters, musicians, producers, technicians, and many more.

About the album, Matt says, « Unbroken Praise reveals a heart not wanting to be beaten down by the things of life, but to actually increase worship in those moments. »

Matt Redman’s previous album, ‘Your Grace Finds Me’, debuted at number one on the Soundscan Christian Music Chart. He has written some of the world’s most well-known worship songs, like ‘Better Is One Day’, ‘Undignified’, ‘You Never Let Go’ and ‘Bless The Lord (10,000 Reasons)’, which won him two Grammy awards.

Unbroken Praise CD by Matt Redman was published by Integrity in June 2015

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Album: Hillsong United: « Empires » (cd):

EMPIRES is the story of two worlds. Our prayer and desire has been to simply create the most honest project we could. Songs that seek to listen first, and then with God’s breath speak the good news reality of Jesus and His grace into the dichotomy, tension and hopeful-collision of this broken and fragile world we see here and now, and the unshakeable and mysterious reality of the Kingdom we can’t see, but no-less know is here – and NOW

« We thought if there was ever a place to launch our new album, it should be somewhere we’ve never been before, » lead singer Joel Houston explained. « In this world that desperately strives to reach new heights and searches for new highs, we thought to debut the ‘EMPIRES’ album cover as far and as high as we could naturally go. Knowing full well that where it will land and ultimately what this project and our lives are about, begins and ends where our knees hit the ground. »

Coinciding with the announcement from space to Earth, Houston said that the powerful theme of « EMPIRES » explores two different worlds.

« We wanted to create songs that first seek to listen, then speak the good news of Jesus and His Grace into the dichotomy, tension and hopeful-collision of this broken and fragile world we see here and now, and the unshakeable and mysterious reality of the Kingdom we can’t see, » the singer continued. « Our desire has been to simply create the most honest project we could.